Just got back from the doctor and, embarrassingly enough, my left hip abductor muscles are terrible weak and need strengthening.
Only exercises I know for them use abductor machines and cables. I only have a standard weight set (barbell, dumbells, bench, etc.).
Are there any weight lifting exercises that work on strengthening the hip abductors?
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03-30-2006, 11:33 AM #1
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Hip Abductor Exercises using weights?
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03-30-2006, 02:31 PM #2Originally Posted by sugapablo
Get some ankle weights and use that to make the outer movement that you need harder, or I would suggest that you lay on your side and have someone put resistance on the leg for about 3 sets of 8 or 10...You will have to train the person to do what you want.
In other words don't expect them to know what you mean when you say," I want you to do this but each time I want you to add increasing downward resistance"..
Third go to Walmarts and spend a few bucks on the Resistance bands. They are cheap but I just went through shoulder rehab using them and I believe in them. In fact I just ordered a set of them with the workout ball. Trust me you can make them give you a hell of a workout..Last edited by Chipman; 03-30-2006 at 02:35 PM.
HuH?
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03-30-2006, 02:38 PM #3
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03-30-2006, 02:47 PM #4
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Chipman: Good thoughts. Ankle weights and bands sound good.
getgot211: Side lunges? Not in the exercise database on this site. Any link to a description?
Additionally, I was looking at my weight bench, which has a leg extention/curl thing on it and stood perpendicular to the bench, keeping the bottom leg pad on my outer ankle and the upper leg bad on my inner thigh and I was able to lift my leg sideways and lift the weight.
I tried it with a small amount of weight and the motion felt pretty natural. Any caveats about such a "jerry-riffed" use of my weight bench?My Transformation:
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03-30-2006, 02:51 PM #5Originally Posted by sugapabloHuH?
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